Flying-machine.



P. R. WAGNER.

FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21. 1917.

Patented May 21,1918.

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FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.2I.1917.

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FLYING MACHINE.

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Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918.

Application filed February 21, 1917. Serial No. 150,103.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL "R. WAGNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New useful Improvements in Flyin -Machines, of which the following is a specification.

his invention relates to air-craft, more particularly to an air-craft intended for use in warfare. The prime object of this invention is to provide an all-craft especially adapted to modern warfare in which are combined the following features: great strength, comparative lightness, unrestricted range of vision of the occupants thereof, and free use of guns or other weapons mounted thereon.

Another object is to afford the crew of such air-craft ample protection from antiair-craft guns.

A further object is toprovide'an efiicient location and means of support for wireless telegraph and telephone antennae.

A fourth object is to provide a design facilitating maneuvering upon the water.

A fifth object is to incorporate with the aforenamed features a runnlng gear for use upon land, embodying wheels capable of being readily raised or lowered as occasion may require.

With the above objects in view and such others as will appear upon inspection of the drawings, description and claims herewith, I have embodied my invention in the design therein shown and described.

In the dra Figure 1 is a side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

Fig. 3 is a top view.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation illustrating the application of landing gear.-

Fig. 5 is a detailed view of the landing ear.

g Similar characters throu bout the drawings.

Regrring now to the drawings in detail the embodiment of my invention here shown comprises aboat 1, supporting surfaces 2, 3 and 4, vertically disposed above said boat and above each other, these supporting surfaces havin their greatest dimension 1n the line of flight; and the sudpporting surfaces may or may not be pointe toward the front and rear. These surfaces 2, 3 and 4, of the by the struts 5, which are attached thereto by suitable clips or other York, haveinvented new and air screw 12, a

indicate similar parts fastenings as commonly used in the art. The struts 5 possess upward extensions beyond the upper plane 4, which extensions are utilized the properly insulated antennae wires 7, by

a means of which wireless telegraphy and telephony may be carried on.

Upon the deck of the boat, at the bow and stern, are mounted guns 8, similar guns being mounted upon the upper supporting surface 4 near the front and rear. Centrally located upon the deck of ing or compartment 9 which contains power plants, these power plants consisting of a motor 10 located toward the bow of the boat and a similar motor 11 located toward the stern. Connected to the shaft of the motor 10, which is carried through the forward wall of the housing 9, is a tractor propeller air screw 13 being attached to the shaft of the similar motor 11 in the rear.

Located upon the motor compartment 9 is a conning tower or operating room 14, containing the necessary instruments and means'of control for the air-craft. Alongside the hull of the boat, in the modification of Fig. 4, are wheels suitably journaled at the ends of the supporting members 16, which supporting members on each side are connected at their lower extremities by pivotally attached links 17, and which supporting members at their upper extremities are securely keyed to the shafts 18 extending through the hull of the boat from side to side. One of the shafts 18 is connected by any suitable device such as sprocket and chain, Fig. 5, with a conveniently located hand lever or other means of rotating said shaft and thereby raising or lowering the wheels 15 above the waterline of the boat when desirable.

A suitable controlling surface 19 adapted to steer the craft in a horizontal plane is attached to the rearmost extremities of the supporting surfaces 2, 3, and 4, controlling surfaces 20 properly constructed to steer the craft in a vertical plane being attached to the rear of the supporting surfaces 2, 3 and 4. These controlling surfaces are connected with steering wheels, or levers, in the operating room 14, such wheels or levers and means of connection being of a similar nature to those commonly used in the art, and consequently requiring no detailed description.

as a means of attachment for the boat is a housextremely a 'more than very moderate strength is blowing, whereas the great The numerous advantages of the construction here shown will become apparent to those versed in the art of constructing and maneuvering air-craft, upon inspection of the drawings; but among them may be mentioned especially those arising from the elongated form which I have given to the supporting surfaces of my invention. Maneuvering upon the water with a hydroplane or flying boat as commonly constructed is difiicult whenever a. breeze of in connection with the other features mentioned above form a unique and extremely efficient combination which is original with my invention.

It is to be understood that I do not restrict the scope of my invention to the particular embodiment shown in the drawings and description above, such embodiment being merely intended to illustrate one of many possible forms of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. In an. aircraft, the combination of a supporting surface, trolling means, and a wheel base embodying front and rear axles, a plurality of wheels on each axle, links connecting said axles, supporting arms connecting said axles with the frame of the craft, a rock shaft to which one set of supporting arms are fixedly connected, and manually controlled means for oscillating said rock shaft;

2. An air-craft comprising a plurality of superposed supporting surfaces having their greatest dimensions in the line of flight, a boat suspended below said supporting surbalancing means, conaccesses faces, strutsconnecting said supporting surfaces, extensionsof said struts above the upper supporting surface, and wireless antennae attached to the upper extremities of said extensions, wheels carried on downwardly extending members attached to the sides of said boat, a tractor air screw toward the bow of said boat, a propeller air screw toward the stern of said boat, and a plurality of motors directly connected to said air screws located in a housing between said air screws.

3. An air-craft comprising a plurality of superposed supporting surfaces having their greatest dimension in the line of flight, said surfaces being pointed or narrow toward the front and rear, a boat suspendedbelow said supporting surfaces, struts connecting said supporting surfaces, extensions of said struts above the upper supporting surface, and wireless antennae attached to the upper extremities of said extensions; wheels carried on downwardly extending members attached to shafts extending across said boat above the waterline, means for rotating said shafts, a tractor air screw toward the bow of said boat, a propeller air screw toward the stern of said boat, and a plurality of motors directly connected to said air screws located in a housing between said air screws.

4:. An air-craft comprising a plurality of superposed supporting surfaces having their greatest dimension in the line of flight, said surfaces being pointed toward the front and rear; struts connecting said supporting surfaces; extensions of said struts above the upper supporting surface and wireless antennae attached to the upper extremities of said extensions; a boat suspended below said supporting surfaces; a tractor air screw to- 'ward the bow of said boat, a propeller air screw toward the stern of said boat, a plurality of motors directly connected to said air screws located in a housing erected upon the deck of said boat between saidair screws; and a combined conning tower and operating room located upon said motor housing.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PAUL ROBERT WAGNER. 

